READING Chapter 5 Section 4 - comparing primitive data types - comparing the contents of variables - variable contents are actual values - ways to compare objects - variable contents are addresses - == only returns true if the two variables point to the same object - define comparison methods for a class - many standard classes already do this - e.g. String - equals: true if the two Strings have the same characters in the same position - equalsIgnoreCase: true if the two Strings have the same characters (ignoring case differences) in the same position Quick Check 1. false true 2. false false